AN ACT CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF FIRE CHIEFS AT CERTAIN STATE FACILITIES.

SUMMARY:

This bill gives the UConn and Southbury Training School fire chiefs, or anyone serving as fire officer-in-charge for these entities, the same authority as their municipal counterparts when responding to a fire, service call, or other emergency in their jurisdiction. The UConn fire chief oversees both the UConn Storrs campus and UConn Health Center.

In doing so, the bill requires these state facility fire officials to:

1. control and direct emergency activities at the scene;

2. order people to leave any building or place near such fire, service call, or emergency to protect them from injury;